Australian food scientists are planning to ambush the nation's high-profile National Science Week 2014, as science is playing a growing important role in globalized food safety networks at the heart of Australia's critical global food trade.

Australia’s health and food regulation ministers have endorsed the revised Policy Guideline on the Regulatory Management of Caffeine in the Food Supply, after consultation with industry, public health and consumer groups.

New Zealand legislators unanimously passed a new food safety law on Tuesday, paving the way for a faster response to crises such as the false botulism scare that saw a global recall of dairy products last year.